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Recent Examples of slither
Under the cold, slithering daybreak fog of January 8, 1815—Miss Ward favored a flowery windup—15,000 musket-wielding British soldiers stormed the only defense shielding New Orleans: an 800-yard mud barricade.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Is Taylor Swift slithering back into her Reputation era?
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
Just don’t linger on the plot holes, some of which are big enough for a sandworm to slither through.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
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Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Is Taylor Swift slithering back into her Reputation era?
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
Just don’t linger on the plot holes, some of which are big enough for a sandworm to slither through.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slither
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Although Ukraine's international backers have donated their own drones and many types of weapons to the war effort, experts say the vast majority of these are ill-suited to the constantly evolving front lines snaking through eastern Ukraine and along the border with Russia.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The hotel has a celestial Mediterranean theme, special kids' suites decorated with a How To Train Your Dragon theme, and a pool that snakes around the property.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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Access is easy without the need for ladders (rooftop tents) or crawling (traditional ground tents).Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Asian Americans saw their unemployment rate creep lower to 3.9% from 4.1%.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Since then, online recommendations have crept ever further into the media ecosystem.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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Residential burglary: Between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., someone entered a residence in the 19000 block of Scotland Drive through an unlocked rear sliding glass door and stole tools for a loss valued at approximately $868.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The living room stands further ahead with floor-to-ceiling windows that slide open to the terrace.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slither. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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